Maria Holt

Women and Conflict in the Middle East (eBook, PDF)

Palestinian Refugees and the Response to Violence

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Women in conflict zones face a wide range of violence: from physical and psychological trauma to political, economic and social disadvantage. And the sources of the violence are varied also: from the 'public' violence of the enemy to the more 'private' violence of the family. Maria Holt uses her research gathered in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon and in the West Bank to look at the forms of violence suffered by women in the context of the wider conflict around them. Drawing on first-hand accounts of women who have either participated in, been victims of or bystanders to violence, Women and Conflict in the Middle East highlights the complex situation of these refugees, and explores how many of them become involved in resistance activities. It thus makes essential reading for students of the Israel-Palestine conflict as well as those interested in the gender dimension of conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786739520
• Artikelnr.: 55444273

Autorenporträt

Maria Holt is Senior Lecturer in the Democracy and Islam Programme, part of the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster. She is the co-author of Without Glory in Arabia: The British Retreat from Aden (I.B.Tauris).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Palestine of our Imagination Chapter 2: The
Intimate History of Violence Chapter 3: 'Violated Spaces': Palestinian
Women and the Politics of Place Chapter 4: 'She Still Has the Key': The
Multiple Violence of Exile Chapter 5: War and 'Uncivil Violence' in Lebanon
Chapter 6: The Politics of Forgetting Chapter 7: Conclusion:
Counter-narratives of Resistance